Chasing Cheerios

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Decorating (Hot) Easter Eggs with Crayons

Drawing on hot boiled eggs with crayons is SO much fun! This idea came from Family Fun magazine as a quick and easy way to decorate Easter eggs. However, we enjoyed using eggs as an art medium so much that we may draw on our boiled eggs every week!

As soon as the eggs finished boiling, I put them in a tray (that came with an egg dyeing kit). O(4) and I drew on them with the crayons, and the crayon wax melted as we drew.

I was undecided about whether or not to allow E(1) to join in on this activity. However, it was a moot point since E understands "hot" and was not at all interested in getting near the hot eggs. She sat quietly and watched her sister draw.

After drawing for a while, O decided to shave her crayons and sprinkle the shavings on the eggs. What fun!

I think Family Fun actually had the crayon shavings idea in there, too. However, I didn't tell O about it, so I was very surprised when she started shaving her crayons :) After the eggs cooled, we put them back in the container, and it's easy to know which ones are boiled...since they are beautiful (and tasty, too!).

What a great idea, I can't believe that I haven't seen this before! Such a simple concept I remember doing this with rocks as a child, I think I will be trying this one this year :) Thank you for sharing.

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Welcome to Chasing Cheerios! I am a mostly stay at home mom (I work 45 days per year as a School Psychologist) of 2 girls and wife to Elliott. "O" is 6 years old, and "E" is 2. We love to do Montessori inspired activities with our girls as well as fun art, science, nature, and cooking projects. I also love to make things with and for my girls. Please contact me with any questions at ChasingCheerios@gmail.com

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